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Hey Train, I've read just about all the thread here. (I really like the jab about talking to the boys at the hobby shop...now there's a sarcastic railroader!) But let's say you go ahead with this big railroad career...and you suffer through EVERYTHING described here...and you stick with it (not getting hurt or worse)...and FINALLY, you get enough seniority to hold a regular job...when suddenly BINGO! Your seniority district is merged with others. Now you drop back down the new list. Then a few more years and POW! The union that pretends to represent you has sanctioned the use of technology that allows trainmen with less than 6 months service to run the black box engine on a job you're not allowed to bid on! That's my story...all of those things happened to me; my seniority covers three former districts on my home road, plus two segments of foreign railroads we took over...I have fewer job selections now than ten years ago. Guess where the younger men are in that mulligan stew. If you like trains, see if you can volunteer at some museum operation or see if you can work for some daisy-picker railroad on weekends. Let that satisfy your love of railroading and go out and get a job that allows you to have a life. Believe me, Train, the railroaders in this thread are TELLING IT AS IT IS!
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